ANNOUNCEMENTS
Join us for the Annual Meeting!
Join us for the WI ASLA Annual Meeting and Recognition Awards! Let's come together to celebrate a year of achievements, connect with fellow members, and honor the outstanding contributions of our colleagues. Please mark the date, it is sure to be a fabulous evening! More information about schedule and registration will be available soon. We hope you join us to kick off 2025.
WHEN: Friday, January 31st
WHERE: Sky Bar at the Edgewater Hotel, Madison
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5:30-6:30 PM - Social Hour
6:30-7:30 PM - Buffet Style Dinner
7:30-8:00 PM - Recognition Awards
8:00-8:30 PM - Presentation
COST: Free for WI ASLA Members
REGISTRATION: Please register by Wednesday, January 29th at the link below​
Register now for the Spring Conference
WI ASLA is thrilled to announce that registration for the 2025 Spring Conference is now OPEN! Early bird rates are available for a limited time. Don't miss out on the opportunity to connect with industry leaders, gain fresh insights and check out the latest trends and technology at the Vendor EXPO.
WHEN: February 27-28, 2025
WHERE: Union South on the UW-Madison Campus
REGISTRATION: Register through Eventbrite below. Early bird rates end February 6.​
Book your Spring Conference hotel early!
There seems to be another event in Madison during the same dates as our conference. We advise booking a hotel early for the best availability and rates. We do not have a hotel block this year. See below for our hotel recommendations:
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Sign up for the WI ASLA Mentorship Portfolio Review
Please join WI ASLA professionals and students for a mentorship portfolio review session to prepare for the career fair. All students and professionals are encouraged to attend (whether or not they are currently participating in the mentorship program). Snacks will be provided! Please fill out the survey to RSVP by Friday, January 24.
WHEN: Thursday, January 30th, from 5:30-7:30 PM
WHERE: UW-Madison Landscape Architecture studio space at 30 E. Campus Mall​
RECENT EVENTS
Fall Field Session in La Crosse
Our annual fall field session event was a great success in La Crosse this year. The day started out across the river in Winona at the Anova Manufacturing Facility where we learned about their furnishing manufacturing process. And the afternoon was full of site tours including stops at Great River Landing, Dash Park, Trane Park. We ended the day with a tour at the Charmant Hotel, which served as an excellent spot for our happy hour!
Park(ing) Day and Mentorship Kickoff
What a fabulous day for our WI ASLA Park(ing) Day event in Madison! Months of idea generation and planning with our Emerging Professionals and UW-Madison Student Chapter resulted in an engaging setup. We had countless people stop by to ask "what is this?!" and we got to tell them all about landscape architecture! The collaboration also created the perfect opportunity to kickoff our WI ASLA Mentorship Program for the 2024-2025 school year. What a great day!
Taliesin Tour
Our tour of Taliesin in Spring Green was a great success. We had many professionals and students join us for this event and we all had a blast walking around Frank Lloyd Wright's home landscape and peeking inside his home and studio. We learned a lot about how this landscape was viewed though his eyes, used for experimental agriculture and prairie restoration. The plantings were lush and the site features were just as iconic as inside his architectural designs. It was inspiring to learn about a renowned Wisconsin-native's design process and see his work in person. Our social hours before the tour at Homecoming and after in the Taliesin studio served as a great way to catch up and get to know other attendees.
Mitchell Park Domes Tour
Our tour of Mitchell Park and the Domes was very informative and inspiring. We started with a walk around Mitchell Park and learned about the history, current programming, and plans to revitalize this community asset. After gaining an understanding of the surrounding landscape, we had a change to learn more about the Friends of the Domes organization and experience the Desert Dome and Tropical Dome- both unique and equally impressive. To cap off the evening, we enjoyed a social at City Lights Brewing full of great conversation with colleagues.
AWARDS
Congratulations to our Professional Award Winners!
Thank you to all applicants that submitted entries for the 2024 Professional Awards. Award winners were announced at the Jensen-Longenecker and WI ASLA Awards Reception at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on April 19, 2024. It was great to come together for this awards ceremony to celebrate the achievements of students and professionals in Wisconsin. Thanks to the UW-Madison Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture (DPLA) for their partnership in this event.
Professional Awards
Student Awards
Congratulations to our 2024 WI ASLA Student Award recipients! Each year, senior students from the landscape architecture department are nominated by their instructors to present about their academic careers to a jury of professionals from WI ASLA. We wish them all the best in their future endeavors.
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Honor Award- Jay Sullivan
Merit Award- Bri Stevens
Finalist Award- Keegan Ripley
Finalist Award- Hannah Boer
Student Scholarship Winners
Congratulations to Ava, Nick, and Dhruv for winning this years WI ASLA Student Scholarship! They were tasked with designing a small space near the entrance of their studio building including the use of salvaged stone blocks from another part of campus. Their design, titled "Campus Pollination," was the highest scoring by the jury out of three total entries.
Congratulations Ava, Nick and Dhruv!
What is a Landscape Architect?
This video describes what a Landscape Architect does and highlights some of the projects created by Landscape Architects in Wisconsin. Created in February 2020 by WI ASLA and Adisi Imagery.
SPONSORSHIP
We greatly value your sponsorship-it is critical to our operations. Please reach out to let us know how we can provide value to you. We hope you decide to be a part of our sponsorship program.
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Check out our new and improved sponsorship menu for more information, including new firm sponsorship opportunities!
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Thank you for your continued support of WI ASLA!
ASLA NATIONAL NEWS
Shawn Kelly Receives the ASLA Medal
Congratulations to Shawn Kelly, FASLA for being honored with the 2022 ASLA Medal. In the words of the American Society of Landscape Architects:
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"The ASLA Medal is the highest honor the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) can bestow upon a landscape architect whose lifetime achievements and contributions to the profession have had a unique and lasting impact on the welfare of the public and the environment."
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Shawn continues to leave an incredible impact on the profession in Wisconsin and throughout the nation. Amongst an impressive resume of service and achievements, he has worked to protect licensure in our state and has mentored and inspired countless students as an instructor at UW-Madison. His dedication to landscape architecture and the next generation of practitioners makes him a well-deserving recipient of this prestigious honor.
The ASLA Climate Action Plan was released with great excitement at the 2022 Conference on Landscape Architecture in San Francisco. The document is a product of the hard work of the ASLA Climate Action Plan Task Force. Goals and initiatives provide a framework for climate action through 2040. A Climate Action Field Guild was also released for ASLA members.
ASLA Launches Climate Action Plan
The 2022-2024 Strategic Plan was released at the 2021 Conference on Landscape Architecture in Nashville. The plan discusses the new mission statement for ASLA and select focus areas that will advance the profession. These areas include: Community, Connection, Innovation, Scale, and Voice.
